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In Sierra Leone, FHI 360 focuses on improving health and education. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect each of Sierra Leone’s 14 health districts, with an estimated 5.7 million people at risk of contracting one or more diseases. FHI 360 is...

The Act to End NTDs | West program supports 11 African countries to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, trachoma and onchocerciasis as public health problems and sustain treatment for long-term NTD control.

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Progress on elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Sierra Leone

Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are co-endemic in 12 districts in Sierra Leone. In 2008, albendazole was added to ivermectin treatments for integrated management of both diseases. This study showed that eight districts achieved criteria for conducting final lymphatic filariasis evaluations that would eliminate the need for treatment, while four districts need two more years of treatment before repeating the evaluation.

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Impact of five annual rounds of mass drug administration with ivermectin on onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone

Onchocerciasis control interventions re-established between 2003 and 2005 in 12 health districts in Sierra Leone were evaluated in 2010, following an 11-year break due to civil conflict. This paper discusses the progress made in controlling onchocerciasis despite challenges and suggests that the country’s onchocerciasis elimination program is on course to achieve targets by the year 2025.

Following the height of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the results of a six-month survey by GeoPoll and FHI 360 reveal severe economic disruption and income losses but show optimism over the job market in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Collected via...

September 2014 — The Integrating Extremely Poor Producers into Markets: Field Guide is intended to provide the field-level practitioner with tools and applications to increase market engagement for extremely poor households,...

Since October 2010, FHI 360’s END in Africa project has delivered about 217 million treatments for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) to almost 95 million people in five African countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo. The...